mayastef's reviews
179 reviews

So much scheming and i do love me some scheming but what do I love more? Character development. I feel like I am not getting enough of the characters to fall in love with them but maybe my standards are too high. Honestly the scheming gets exhausting its at a point whre

idk if jude can trust literally anyone at all which is maybe what Holly Black is going for but still IM TIRED OF IT

and its gotten to the point where I am confused about what's going on. Also the enemies to lovers I was marketed is doing a lil too much enemying for my personal taste. 

The YA is definetly YAing here, idk how to explain it. I think I'm on the cusp of finding YA enjoyable/being too old so sometimes i flip flop. In terms of the actual book experience it was a good book that kept me up past my bedtime but I think the characters could have more depth. They aren't shallow per se it is just taking a lot to develop their stories outside of the archetypes each character is slotted into. I'm not sure if that made a ton of sense but basically, the characters are good I just don't feel like the characters outside the main 2-3 have real depth to their stories. 

I didnt love pov of this book it was mildly confusing at times but overall its a solid read. It hit me in the feelings but I think that was more of a subject matter thing not how the subject matter was depicted/described thing. But I cant be certain how much emotional response was personal and how much was from the writing so 4 stars. 

lovely read, follows the structure of a traditional romance book. The writing is solid and i liked the characters and we love queer rep in this house. 

If Zoya has a million fans i am one of them . if Zoya has ten fans i am one of them. if Zoya has only one fan that is me. if Zoya has no fans, that means i am no longer on earth . if the world is against  Zoya, i am against the world. i love Zoya till my last breath.. .. Die Hard fan of Zoya

This book is so good; fair warning, if you go into this duology hungry for more crows content, you will be disappointed and think the books are slow-paced. But if you go into this duology the way that you should, starving for more nikolai+zoya+ravka content you will be FED. Do not get me wrong there are crow crumbs in the king of scars duology but Ravka and its leaders are the stars of the show. Once I got into this book I couldn't stop. I already want to reread it. I'd recommend refreshing yourself on the events of the shadow and bone trilogy before jumping into king of scars.

At first, it felt like a Jurassic park rip off but eventually, the book found a bit of its own voice. The pacing was off to me I felt like the story evolved really quickly, I understand that it is a quick book, and half the point of erotica is just getting to it but I think the story could've felt more believable if there was even minor bits suggesting time had passed. For example, just a paragraph describing Tallulah's first week at the ranch and how it was a whirlwind of learning and trying to keep her thirst for Reid at bay. Maybe that paragraph was there and I missed it but I stand by my point. I think the bones of the story are good but I am left wanting more of a build-up to the action. Even if the book was the same length I think there are very minor changes that could be made to build more anticipation. I will also admit that sometimes Tallulah's love of dinosaurs was a little bit too in the 'rawr XD' realm and not enough in the scientist realm. I say this as someone who works in a related field who works with plenty of dino obsessed nerds. I have also read nastier smut in books not labelled as erotica

the graphic novel is much better than just the written story. its interesting lore to have and reading the short bit as a graphic novel makes it more engaging than 32 pages of reading

such a fantastic re-read. hurts just as good the second time around 

Very much hallmark movie vibes but for queer and poc folks. Not a bad read but in my opinion, queer/poc ppl deserve a better hallmark-style romance book. Age gap is kinda wild which like some people are into that but at one point they did point out that Xavier was closer in age to Logan's daughter than to Logan and I just couldn't get that out of my head. Like yeah I'm capable of doing math but I was choosing to live in ignorance.